Posted on 04/30/2018 7:46:46 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Californias air pollution levels are among the worst in the country, and climate change is making the situation worse, according to a new report from the American Lung Association.
Despite the states efforts to reign in air pollution, 90 percent of California residents are exposed to unhealthy air at some point during the year, according to the State of the Air 2018 report.
While air pollution is bad for everyones health, low-income communities, children, seniors, and people with underlying health problems tend to be most impacted when ozone and particle pollution levels soar, experts said.
Afif El-Hasan, a pediatrician in Orange County, said the poor are more likely than wealthier people to live close to freeways, railways, factories, transportation hubs and other air pollution sources because rents and home prices in those areas are cheaper.
Low-income people face additional hurdles when it comes to protecting themselves from air pollution, he explained. They may have to keep their windows open on smoggy days because they cant afford air conditioning, and they may have to ride bikes or stand at bus stops on smog-choked streets because they dont have a car. Often, poor people also have a harder time accessing preventative care, he said.
The health impacts of air pollution are particularly grave for children, El-Hasan added. Children who grow up in polluted areas have been shown to develop less lung capacity than children who live in healthy air, he said. That can leave them more vulnerable to lung problems as they age, he said.
That is a horrible thing to do to children, he said. Its not fair.
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In the summer of 1970 I was in the LA area for about a week. My eyes felt like they were burning the entire time. I had business trips back there in '85 and '92 and experienced no issues at all.
Because all the high income Californians import their air from Switzerland.
CARB
Non elected officials who can never be kicked out of office writing laws that no elected official ever voted on.
Otherwise known as the Obama EPA.
NYT headline: World to End Tomorrow, Experts Say Poor and Minorities Hardest Hit.
“Pay them no mind, they are just meddlesome nitwits.”
Roger.
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